Thanksgiving week Newsletter

Hello all!
Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday. I also hope you gave God thanks for everything he has blessed us with. The reason we are having such an immigration problem is this country is such a great place to live! The reason other countries hate us is they are jealous of the country we have built. Americans continue to be the most productive workers in the world! The USA is 60% of the world's economy and only 5% of the population.

Our scheduler, Ashley, has been in overdrive scheduling appearances for me! I will be speaking to government classes at Waccamaw Academy in Whiteville this Thursday followed by campaigning in downtown Whiteville. I then travel to Lumberton to give my comrades at the American Legion a speech about Iraq. This Friday morning at 9am, I will be at the Jingle Bell jog running race at Fort Bragg. I am running the 10K ( 6.2 mile) event with a BREAZEALE FOR CONGRESS shirt on. Any runner that runs faster than me will be eligible for a chance to fly on my campaign aircraft with me on 15 April 08 for a special event! I will then participate in the Bladenboro and St Pauls Christmas parades this Saturday in the campaign convertible Mustang GT! If you would like to volunteer to drive me in parades, please email me on Breazeale08.com and I will call you. If you live in New Hanover County, I would like to invite you to an event to honor Mr Franklin Williams at 11 am on 3 Dec for an awards ceremony honoring his lifetime achievement to our Republican Party and to this country. Check our website for the place and other updates.

Speaking of the 15 April 2008 event, my staff has finalized plans for our next air mission! We will launch our campaign aircraft for an announcement tour of the district on 15 April (TAX DAY) to announce our Fair Tax proposal to get rid of the income tax!!! Everywhere I go in the district, people are excited about the Fair Tax! Go to http://www.fairtax.org/ to learn more! We have one seat left on the aircraft so email me if you would like to see all 10 counties in our district in one day!

Until next week.....God Bless

Will

P.S. Be sure to keep our campaign on your Christmas lists for a contribution. Santa says we have been nice!

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Wounded Warriors should not have to repay bonuses

Fayetteville, NC – When a soldier voluntarily re-enlists in the military and receives a bonus for doing so, the government demands it be repaid if that warrior is wounded in battle and unable to remain in the service. This is the current policy and not everyone agrees it is the right policy. Fox News is reporting that Jordan Fox – a soldier injured and partially blinded by a road side bomb in Iraq. Not only is he disabled and not able to pursue his intended career as a police officer when he finished his enlistment, but because he was injured and left the service three months short of his commitment, the government wants him to repay three thousand dollars of his signing bonus.
Congressional Candidate, Army Reserve Major and Iraq Veteran Will Breazeale joins NC Rep. Walter Jones and others in calling for an end to the practice. That policy, which also calls for repayment of such bonuses if the service member leaves the service for other reasons prior to the fulfillment of the enlistment term, has no exemption for members unable to continue due to injuries in the line of duty.
"This should change." Breazeale said “Say a young soldier re-enlisted, got married and used the bonus to qualify to buy a home for their future family. Then he deploys, is seriously wounded and discharged. Is it then fair for the government to say they are taking back the bonus? I don't think so! These warriors have fulfilled their commitment!”
Breazeale is running for the NC 7th district which extends from the Amy's Fort Bragg to the Marine Corps Camp LeJeune in southeastern North Carolina. Rep. Jones, whose district includes LeJeune to USMC's Cherry Point, is co-sponsoring HR 3793, also called the Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act, to make this change.
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Major’s Campaign Recruits a General

Southport, NC – Will Breazeale, Candidate for Congress and a Major in the Army Reserve has recruited Retired General Joseph Kinzer to his campaign.

While attending the annual Veteran’s Day event at the Golden Corral restaurant in Southport, Breazeale met Kinzer along with the many other Veterans taking the opportunity to have dinner on the restaurant chain while raising money for the Disabled Veterans. After talking at length the General volunteered to help the Breazeale for Congress campaign.

Asked what convinced him to sign on, Kinzer said “Breazeale has the right values and the right priorities, he will represent the citizens and veterans in the district well.” He went on to say “Will knows first hand what Veterans really need.”
Breazeale is one of the very few Iraq War Veterans seeking seats in Congress .His success will increase the mere 22% of the members of Congress who have served in the military, historically one of the lowest percentages of former military members in Congress.

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Will's Newsletter 11-11-07

I want to thank my fellow Veterans for their service on this Veteran's Day. Let's all pray that there will continue to be citizens who answer our nation's call in the future. Having served our country as an Army Reserve Officer for the past 17 years, in 3 wars (Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom) I have seen first hand the drive, determination and commitment of our servicemen and women, which always increases my confidence that our country will continue to have a bright future.In campaign news, our treasurer, Ken Pervine of Elizabethtown, just returned from a Federal Election Commission workshop held in St. Louis, Missouri. He had a great time networking with other campaigns from all over the country as well as learning how to keep our campaign operating legally and effectively. Everyone on my staff knows the importance of using every donated dollar legally and efficiently so this campaign can be successful. We also have added Mrs. Lexi Patton to our staff this past week in New Hanover County. Lexi is an incredibly bright lady who comes to our campaign very optimistic about our success, having worked in DC as a Republican Senatorial staffer and on campaigns. She graduated from George Washington University with a degree in Political Science, is married to a Marine Officer and is one of the few people who scored a 1600 on the SAT Test! Now that my staff is complete on the District level; we are organizing on the county level. (There are 10 counties in the District) Our goal is to have a county manager for each county by 1 Jan 2008. Please email me at will@breazeale08.com if you want to be considered for any position in our campaign structure. This is going to be a great campaign so be a part of it!We have an exciting event with members of the Lumbee Tribe in Robeson County this Tuesday. They are holding a reception in Pembroke, NC in order for me to meet with Lumbee members. These members are already excited about supporting Sen. Dole and would like to get to know me and hopefully will make it a clean Republican sweep come election day among tribal members!I was also encouraged with General Motors' decision to road test 100 hydrogen vehicles this week across the USA. I am very much in favor of hydrogen powered vehicles. These vehicles produce no pollutants and go twice as far as gasoline powered vehicles on the same energy. Technology is still being developed to produce hydrogen using renewable methods which would make this fuel even better! It is up to the U.S. Government to make alternative fuels a reality through incentives to citizens and businesses. We have to make this happen so we can tell foreign oil to get lost!I am upset, however, to read about the Democrat Congress' lack of ability to ship Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to Iraq in a timely manner because of a backlog in installing radio jammers in Charleston, SC. This Congress has an oversight responsibility of our government. The finger pointing has to stop and the action has to start! Our troops need those vehicles to survive in combat. Excuses and bureaucracy will not do the job....action and teamwork will!Please keep the contributions coming! Take care

Will

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The maximum contribution per individual is $2,300 per election. Therefore, a couple may contribute up to $4,600 per election. Multi-candidate PACs may contribute up to $5,000 per election. Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in an election cycle

Blue Dog Dilemma

BLUE DOG DILEMMA: OPPOSE A 130 PERCENT TAX HIKE OR SUPPORT MAJORITY'S TAX-AND-SPEND AGENDA

MAJORITY READIES $81 BILLION DOWN PAYMENT ON THE MOTHER OF ALL TAX HIKES

November 9, 2007 I Permalink

Blue Dog Democrats face a difficult choice today: oppose a 130 percent tax hike on entrepreneurs and risk-takers who invest and create family-wage jobs or line up behind their party leadership's ever-expanding tax-and-spend agenda . Blue Dog Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN) highlighted the dilemma faced by his colleagues earlier this week in CongressDaily AM:

"Why should House members have to walk the plank?" asked Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn. "This is a 130-percent tax increase ."

In The Hill today, Rep. Cooper's Blue Dog colleague Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) further underscored the unenviable spot many Democrats find themselves in this morning:

"There are a lot of undecideds out there, and a lot of them are Blue Dogs," said Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.), a freshman member of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition who said he would vote no on the legislation. "I'm not sure they have the votes."

Just why are Reps. Mahoney, Cooper, and dozens of their Blue Dog colleagues so nervous this morning? The Hill offers an answer:

"Several senators have signaled their opposition to the tax change, fueling concern that vulnerable House Democrats could be forced to take a tough vote on a doomed measure."

So why is the Majority leadership in the House so intent on forcing their Members into such a difficult position? That's not hard to figure out at all. The $81 billion tax hike under consideration today is a mere down payment on what Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) really have in store for the American people: the Mother of All Tax Hikes. This breathtaking $3.5 trillion tax hike on – literally – every American taxpayer will be like manna from heaven for pork-barrel politicians in Congress. America's middle-class families and small businesses beware: you're going to pay the highest price of all.

According to a nonpartisan report released yesterday by the Joint Committee on Taxation, by 2011, 94 million families earning between $20,000 and $200,000 will see a tax hike under the Pelosi-Rangel Mother of All Tax Hikes, while only 800,000 families will see a tax reduction. That's in direct contrast to claims by the bill's supporters that the tax plan will reduce taxes for middle-income families and raise them only on the so-called "rich." Overall, a staggering 90 percent of American taxpayers will see a tax increase under the Pelosi-Rangel plan.

That's right: At a time when American families are feeling the crunch of spiking energy and health care costs, runaway college tuition, and steadily rising prices for consumer goods, Congress is preparing to confiscate even more of their paychecks to help pay for their pork-filled agenda. And it starts today, with the $81 billion down payment that has led to so many sleepless night for so many Blue Dog Democrats.

House Republicans stand ready to immediately implement a clean alternative minimum tax (AMT) patch that will protect 23 million Americans from paying an onerous tax they were never meant to pay in the first place. Moreover, Republicans want to permanently repeal the AMT in the long-term, make the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent, and make the tax code fairer for working families and small businesses.

Will Blue Dog Democrats join them? Or will they support a 130 percent tax increase today – and a $3.5 trillion hike down the road – solely to satisfy their leadership's addiction to pork?

READ MORE:
· Fed Chair: Massive Tax Hike on American Families Would be "A Drag on the Economy" (11/8/07)
· Republicans Highlight Nonpartisan Report Showing "Mother of All Tax Hikes" Raises Taxes on Middle-Class Families (11/8/07)
· Majority's "AMT Patch" is an $81 Billion Down Payment on the Mother of All Tax Hikes (11/6/07)
· Boehner Statement on the Majority's Decision to Delay 'AMT Patch' Until After Thanksgiving (11/6/07)
· Speaker Pelosi, Key Democratic Leaders Embrace the "Mother of All Tax Hikes" (10/29/07)
· Fox News Reports on Democrats' Job-Killing "Mother of All Tax Hikes" (10/26/07)
· GOP Leaders Voice Opposition to Job-Killing $1 Trillion Plus Tax Hike Proposed by House Democrats (10/25/07)
· Boehner: Democrats' "Mother of All Tax Hikes" Will be a Job-Killer (10/25/07)
· As the Majority Stalls on an AMT Fix, 21 Million American Taxpayers Placed at Risk (10/24/07)
· One Hundred Billion in New Taxes Down, One Trillion to Go (10/24/07)
· Boehner Calls on Majority to Protect Taxpayers from the Alternative Minimum Tax (10/23/07)


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Thank You Veterans

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Breazeale weekly newsletter

Breazeale 08 Weekly Newsletter

Hello all:

This week has been the best week so far in the campaign!!!! I AM EVEN MORE EXCITED and MOTIVATED THAN USUAL! I had an important meeting with very influential members of the Lumbee Tribe last Thursday in Lumberton, NC. The Lumbee Tribe is the largest American Indian Tribe east of the Mississippi with 50,000 members in Robeson, Scotland and Cumberland Counties in NC. The Lumbee Tribe has traditionally voted straight Democrat for McIntyre, my competition, but as a result of this important meeting, these Lumbee Leaders have decided to support our campaign to be the next Congressman from District 7 of NC!

I want to announce a few things to you:

1. I want to invite you to the Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting of our first Campaign Office opening. Our Pembroke, NC office will open the 13th of Nov at 7pm with a cookout and fundraising reception located at 2539 Saint Anna Road, Pembroke, NC. The reception will be hosted by Ronald Brooks, a Lumbee Tribe member. (you can call Ronald Brooks at 910-374-0540 for more information) I will be there to say a few words, but more importantly, I will be there to meet you and listen to you.
2. We have heard rumors that McIntyre may have a challenger in his Democratic Primary. This will be a great thing for our campaign in many ways, so stayed tuned.
3. I taped a TV interview with Curtis Wright on WWAY TV3 in Wilmington that will air 11 Nov at 11 am on WWAY, the Wilmington ABC Affiliate. Be sure to watch!!
4. Our average hits on our campaign website (Breazeale08.com) have now reached to over 100 hits a day! Andy Liles, our director of communications, is doing an excellent job with our website!
5. The 12th of November is an important day: All Golden Corral Restaurants nationwide are hosting a free dinner to our veterans from 5-8pm. I ask you to "adopt a restaurant" where you live and pass out information on our campaign. You can simply go to our website and print off the "Meet Will" section and pass it out to veterans while standing in line or contact the campaign with other ideas or suggestions. There will be a huge crowd...believe me! We will have representatives at Clinton, Wilmington and Fayettevillle Golden Corral Restaurants......we need you to help as well!

I had 2 days of Army Reserve duty this past Friday and Saturday at Fort Jackson, SC concerning basic training support by my unit to the full-time Army. President Bush gave the graduation speech to over 1,500 of the Army's newest soldiers this past Friday during Basic Training Graduation at Fort Jackson as well. In light of all this, I had an opportunity to sit down and discuss ideas with one of the top commanders of Fort Jackson concerning today's military.

Did you know that it costs an average of $112,000 to recruit and train a soldier today? That only 4 out of every 10 young people that take the Armed Services Qualification exam even pass it with a minimal score? That only 3 out of every 10 young people that enter the Army do so without a waiver of some sort? Most of this seems bad, but there is a silver lining.....today's Army is giving young people previously thought of as "unemployable" a second chance for a productive life and many are rising to the occasion. On the other hand, more young people need to see the Army as a place for advancement and opportunity. I am asking questions to the right people and formulating exciting plans to reinvigorate our nation's military. Announcements will be forthcoming in the Spring of 2008.

As always, thanks for your prayers and support,

Will

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Breazeale agrees with President – a Do Nothing Congress

Fayetteville, NC – Congressional candidate Will Breazeale of White Lake, NC agrees with President Bush's criticism of the Democrat controlled Congress for doing very little and that most of what they have done involved increases in taxes.

The President said Congress hasn't "seen a bill they could not solve without shoving a tax hike into it." Bush also criticized the Congress for having passed no appropriations bills even thought the new fiscal year began on October 1 st, "The leadership that's on the hill now can't get that done," he said.

Breazeale points out that the "dysfunctional Congress has no discipline, they cannot follow their own rules and they have no fiscal restraint. How can they force the government to proceed well into the new fiscal year without a spending plan? They have wasted this whole session, there needs to be a House cleaning in Congress."
As a Major in the Army Reserve and as an airline pilot, Breazeale says he truly understands "discipline, following the rules and working to a schedule!"

Another obscure bureaucrat tries to ban God

Fayetteville, NC – Three time Iraq War Veteran, Army Reserve Major and Congressional Candidate Will Breazeale decries yet another attempt by a federal bureaucrat to ban God, this time from military funeral ceremonies. “Based on only one complaint, the recitation of a script which mentions God, is now banned at Military funerals,” Breazeale said. “The reading of the script has always been optional, left to the bereaved family.” This follows the recent decision by the Architect of the US Capitol to delete the mention of God in letters accompanying flags flown over the capitol building, also a voluntary mention, requested by the person ordering the flag.

The Constitutional separation of Church and State should never be used to restrict voluntary mention of God in ceremonial occasions in Breazeale’s view. “Certainly at a funeral honoring a veteran, the family not some bureaucrat in Washington, DC should decide whether they want God to be mentioned,” he said.

The reading of a script during flag folding ceremonies at funerals and other times is not required but has become a tradition. While many of the scripts mention God in several passages, not all do so. The location and purpose of the ceremony, as well as the wishes of the family in cases of funerals, determine which script – if any – are read.
“The Capitol Architect was over ruled by action of the Congress, only after the issue became news. Will Congress take action to rectify this latest bureaucratic attempt to remove God from the lives of citizens,” according to Breazeale, “This is just another indication of what is wrong in DC, that the bureaucracy there is out of control and needs to be reigned in.”